Complete newbie

[Kevin Darcy]

DvDmanDT wrote:

> But then how did l33t.ca do it then?

What specifically do you mean by "it"? Pointing subdomain names at arbitrary
IP addresses? Did I not say "Once you have that zone delegated and set up, you
can add anything you want under it."?


- Kevin

P.S. Both of l33t.ca's nameservers appear to be unresponsive right now.

> And also, I do know how to script
> things so updating wouldn't be a problem... Also, changing every 6-12th
> month is ok... I probably wont be dealing with outside subdomains, maybe for
> some friend or something...
>
> --
> // DvDmanDT
> MSN: dvdmandt at hotmail.com
> Mail: dvdmandt at telia.com
> "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:bgbub0$s65$1 at sf1.isc.org...
> > It's generally not a good idea to host a DNS zone on a dynamic address
> (even
> > though you may have been lucky so far, don't assume you'll always get the
> same
> > address from DHCP forever). If the address ever changes, you would need to
> not
> > only update the records in your own domain, but also in the parent domain.
> > Also, any slaves for the zone would need to have their zone-transfer
> parameters
> > updated to reflect the new address. Basically it's very messy and you'll
> be at
> > least partially broken until it all gets changed over.
> >
> > If you can somehow get a static address, e.g. buy that as a value-added
> service
> > from your ISP, and you want to start hosting your domain, then you'd need
> some
> > delegation records from the parent domain which should match the NS
> records in
> > the zone itself. You need *two* nameservers for every zone, for purposes
> of
> > redundancy, preferably on different networks, but it would probably be OK
> if
> > you could convince your ISP to be a slave for your zone.
> >
> > Once you have that zone delegated and set up, you can add anything you
> want
> > under it. See how to set up master zones in the documentation that comes
> with
> > BIND 9 and/or the _DNS_and_BIND_ book from O'Reilly. That'll answer your
> > questions about rndc-confgen too...
> >
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > DvDmanDT wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm... Guess noone felt like helping me then... Do you guys think tha
> Apache
> > > ppl will answer my questions? I really want answers... BIND seems
> good...
> > >
> > > --
> > > // DvDmanDT
> > > MSN: dvdmandt at hotmail.com
> > > Mail: dvdmandt at telia.com
> > > "DvDmanDT" <dvdmandt at telia.com> skrev i meddelandet
> > > news:bg3p7f$20vi$1 at sf1.isc.org...
> > > > Hello everyone... I'm a complete newbie to BIND... I'm familar with
> Apache
> > > > and PHP, running my little private server.. I use uni.cc as my current
> > > > 'domain', I use their NS currently... Say I got example.uni.cc... And
> say
> > > my
> > > > IP is 123.132.231.213... I have an ADSL connetion... I get my IP using
> > > > DHCP... Is it even possible to setup my own DNS server then? Assuming
> my
> > > IP
> > > > never changes as it has been the same last 6 months or so...
> > > >
> > > > If it's possible, how do I setup it all... I installed BIND 9.2.2 into
> > > > G:\Windows\system32\dns... What would I type in rndc.conf (and what is
> > > rndc?
> > > > I'm completely new like I said), what would I type in names.conf
> (well,
> > > not
> > > > sure about the name, but you understand which file I mean), and what
> in
> > > that
> > > > key file that rndc-confgen -a created?
> > > >
> > > > What I want is the following:
> > > > I have mod_l33t installed on Apache (lets me have subdomains like
> > > > downloads.example.uni.cc and so on, like vhosts), with some
> subdomains...
> > > As
> > > > I said, I use uni.cc's DNS server ("A" and "MX" (at UNI.CC' DNS))... I
> can
> > > > change that option to "NS (For external name servers)" as they call
> the
> > > > options... Then I'm supposed to enter two Nameservers... What should I
> > > type
> > > > in those? My ip? My Myserver.org (Dynamic DNS sub's) domain? Also,
> maybe I
> > > > for some reason would like otherserver.example.uni.cc to point to some
> > > other
> > > > IP... How would I do that? Case you wonder: l33t.ca allowed this
> > > somehow...
> > > >
> > > > Any links / comments / files are greatly appreciated... Thanks in
> > > advance...
> > > > // DvDmanDT
> > > > MSN: dvdmandt at hotmail.com
> > > > Mail: dvdmandt at telia.com
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >